2021-2022 MAVS NEWS: 4th in West | WCF loss [ARCHIVED]

[KillerLeft]

It is just a pretty big salary with several years left for a guy who really hasn't looked right this year.

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I really don't mind the THJ contract, or at least I wouldn't if he were still being featured here as he was the past two seasons. Don't get me wrong, he hasn't been very good this year, so I'm not on my couch screaming "get it to Hardaway" or anything, but I think that's due in some part to the new schemes. He's just the very last guy on the team to adjust (doesn't mean he won't, or that they won't figure out a way to meet him halfway at some point). 

I feel like the teams who wanted him over the summer would still be interested. Clearly, they were interested in giving him a specific role within their respective offenses, and I see no reason to think he couldn't succeed in a role more similar to what he thrived in here last year. 

I also think that Hardaway, maybe more than any other player currently on this roster, represents the opportunity to get this offense up and running again. If I were the Mavs I'd be very focused on trying to determine how he can fit better into this puzzle. Or, I'd be very focused on moving him.